Kanonické právo a šesté přikázání Desatera
Canon Law and the Sixth Commandment of the Decalogue

Summary/Abstract: The article correlates the sinful acts against the Sixth Commandment of the Decalogue and the canonical norms that can be affected by such conduct and thus produce the relevant legal consequences. First, the article places the Sixth Commandment within the overall context of the Decalogue, in order to then show how sinful and deviant sexual conduct can endanger marital cohabitation, which is thus affected by the psychological inability to accept and fulfil the obligations of marriage. These serious defects in marital consent can be grounds for declaring the nullity of a marriage from the beginning. Infidelity itself is one of the possible grounds for separation of spouses under the existing marital bond. In the administration of the sacrament of penance, there may be the offence of absolution of a penitent who is guilty of sin against the Sixth Commandment as well as the offence of incitement to sin against the Sixth Commandment. The sexual abuse of minors by clerics has gradually led to a tightening of criminal penalties. This legislative process culminated in 2021 with the apostolic constitution Pascite gregem Dei, which represents a comprehensive amendment of the entire code criminal law.

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